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This is quite enjoyable—Gregorian and other samples, soft spoken words and singing (male and female voices) over a soft beat, that just flows one song into the other. Nice music to relax to, and I quite like it. (Marion)

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Release info:

1996—Virgin Schallplatten GmbH (The Netherlands)—7243 8 42065 2 9

Availability:

Wide

Ecto priority:

Recommended for techno pop fans

Comments:

like it OK after a couple of listens. To me, it's better than Cross of Changes, but perhaps not quite as good as MCMXC A.D. Perhaps that's because I have become accustomed to Enigma's sound. Their first album was a bit of a revelation to me when I first bought it some 3 years ago. It still stands as a favorite of mine.Le Roi Est Mort tends to get stronger from about mid-way thru to the end. I hope I don't lose interest in it like I did Cross of Changes. (kcd@cray.com)

I like Le Roi Est Mort better than Cross of Changes but not as well as MCMXC A.D.. It's a nice, slow, beat-filled album, and perfectly suited to the kind of music I'm currently looking for—music I can listen to at work which does not interfere with my work and which can be interrupted.
And finally, Michael Cretu's voice doesn't seem to bother me as much as it does some people—for me, it's just part of the music.
A thumbs up from me, and it's probably a disc I will listen to for a while to come. (cinnamon@one.net)

I kind of like it. It's my first Enigma album and I only bought it because it was on sale. It's good background music in my opinion but a bit boring if you listen to it intensively. The sound is too blurred and reverberated and I'm tired of the monk choirs. And finally I don't like Michael Cretu's voice (who doesn't sing too often on the album). Le Roi Est Mort is a nice album for dark and rainy weather. (Dirk.Kastens@rz.Uni-Osnabrueck.DE)

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